October 26, 2010

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Newsday's Michael Amon reports that Carl Paladino is moving off his one-year cut in state spending of 20 percent, calling it "unrealistic" and saying the timeframe is 18 months to two years.

The figure, while always tough to see how it would work, was nonetheless appealing to many out of work New Yorkers, and revising it could cut against the grain of Paladino's mad-as-hell, populist persona.

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Unrealistic like so many of the whacky things he says. Paladino pandered like every other politician, with excuses for everything. He misspoke, he was misunderstood, that’s not what he meant, it’s the media’s fault - he changes his tune every time he speaks. And now, a week before the election, it’s his fundamental campaign issue. He is “told” that they can’t get the cuts down in the first year….who told him that he could before? And who are his crackerjack consultants and why can’t he formulate policy positions and take credit for them himself rather than referring to the other puppet masters behind the curtain? What concerns me greatly is that so many people don’t understand how government works or how our state constitution serves as the rulebook to run the state. Just because someone comes out with hyped one-liners created by political PR hacks and it is said with fervor and an air of arrogance misinterpreted often as authoritative, people busy running their lives that don’t have the time to follow the intricacies of politics may see something to believe in. That what Paladino’s campaign is hoping for. That we will buy into the spin spewed by Paladino’s team of high paid campaign specialists. There is a reason Paladino hired the dirtiest bunch of political tricksters in the country – and I am not talking about cross dressing or tax evasion or DWI arrests and outstanding warrants. Developers notoriously lie to get deals done, to push zoning changes through to benefit their personal profit margins and take advantage of the populous they are impacting. In small cities and towns across America, there is so little follow-up to determine if all the "T" 's are crossed after the permits are issued, developers get away with much less fulfillment than is promised everyday. It is why Paladino wants to reduce regulations in the state – so he as a developer can push the envelope more to add to his profits. Its not about economic development – his own industry is the key reason why so many regulations have been put in place. Of course he knows about bid rigging, payoffs and other wrongs – he got all of those state leases somehow! Paladino is using that background thinking he can push his way into and through Albany. All of the other elected by the people officials are not about to cower and shake when this little man with a big mouth that uses bullish metaphors walks in with his big bat. Clearly his over zealous arrogance is compensation for other less than adequate attributes – oh, so Freudian! Paladino can't threaten the entire state government like he has small players in Buffalo. Let's hope he doesn’t walk through the statehouse doors because if he does we will have four more years of complete dysfunction. If the GOP had put up a viable, functioning and intelligent candidate we may have had a real chose - but we do not. Paladino – just another pandering politician flip- flopping like a dying fish on the deck of a boat.

Posted By: Unrealistic like so many of the whacky things he says. Paladino pandered like every other politician | October 27, 2010 at 12:04 PM